Thrilled to share that I received the NoA for my first R01 “Mechanisms of pathogenic microglial populations in CNS inflammation”. Major milestone for the Lab. Extremely grateful for SS/SRO, PO and everyone else at NINDS for their continued support. Photo of my lab, wife and son, celebrating!

#AAIC25 day 2 in full swing here in Toronto!! Fascinating morning sessions, and a fantastic plenary talk by @akassogloulab.bsky.social on neurovascular interaction mechanisms!!! Now another plenary talk about heterogeneous tauopathy presentation by the eminent Prof Maria Grazia Spillantini!!

#AAIC25 attendees, don’t miss today's plenary session at 11 a.m., featuring 🟣 Maria Grazia Spillantini, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular Neurology in the Clinical School, University of Cambridge. 🟣 @akassogloulab.bsky.social‬, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco

Spread the word: The European Center for Angioscience @uniheidelberg.bsky.social continues to grow: We have openings for 2 additional Junior Group Leader positions. Get in touch with us if you are ready to start your own lab. See also corresponding ad in @nature.com: www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Gladstone scientist Zhaoqi Yan received an award for postdocs who show exceptional creativity in neuroscience. He will use it to study blood-brain barrier dysfunction and its impact on neurological disease. @akassogloulab.bsky.social bit.ly/3EZT4R9

Insightful Review by Gabriele De Luca at @ox.ac.uk discussing BBB permeability and fibrin deposition driving neuroinflammation, gliosis & neurodegeneration as a shared pathogenic cascade & therapeutic target among neurological diseases. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to have an op-ed in the @nytimes.com today about rising rates of autism diagnosis, how that fits my own experiences, and why it's a bad idea to relitigate the vaccine debate. #actuallyautistic @ericmgarcia.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/o...

Great Session today at 2025 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics (ASENT) on "Immunotherapy of Neurodegenerative Diseases". A tour-de-force talk by V. Wee Yong on extracellular matrix & remyelination. Thank you to the organizers & all for joining us!

Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025! Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience. Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...

Scientists worry that persistent cognitive issues caused by Covid signal that a surge in dementia cases and other mental conditions is on the horizon. Gift link to my updated explainer on what we know about Covid’s impact on the brain ⬇️ tinyurl.com/yrpwkf2n

Congrats to Zhaoqi Yan postdoc fellow @akassogloulab.bsky.social for his selection for the 2025 Warren Alpert Distinguished Scholar Fellowship! Grateful to Warren Alpert Foundation for supporting Zhaoqi’s exciting research on blood-brain barrier & neurodegeneration! www.warrenalpertfoundation.org

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget. https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

The neuroimmune connectome in health and disease www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Andrew Park & Lauren Le undergraduates @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social joined our lab @gladstoneinst.bsky.social for their research training! Grateful to all members of my lab for supporting the training of 21 amazing undergrads todate & their enthusiasm introducing young scientists to research!

Congrats to Zhaoqi Yan & Jae Kyu Ryu for receiving the 2024 Gladstone Award for Scientific Excellence, to Zhaoqi for the Dormal Best Paper Prize & Pilar Alzamora for the GIND Award of Excellence! Thank you gladstoneinst.bsky.social for recognizing the scientific achievements of this amazing team!

Congratulations to Hisao Miyajima postdoctoral fellow @akassogloulab.bsky.social @gladstoneinst.bsky.social and UCSF for being awarded a NMSS Postdoctoral Fellowship to study mechanisms of progression in Multiple Sclerosis. So proud of his accomplishment!

🚨 CNS barriers scientists...come join us for #cshlbbb 2025! Submit your abstracts by January 24th...we pick MANY talks from abstracts - we look forward to seeing you in April!

An elegant study by Katerina Akassoglou and colleagues has illuminated our understanding of the role of fibrin (component of blood clots), SARS-CoV-2, and brain inflammation in Covid/Long Covid. A new Ground Truths podcast, w/transcript. Open-access. erictopol.substack.com/p/katerina-a...

Grateful to the National Multiple Scerosis Society for supporting new ideas for basic research in neuroimmunology leading to new therapies for MS & neurological diseases. www.linkedin.com/posts/nation...

Our lab at Yale U/Wu Tsai Institute has a postdoctoral position on neurodegeneration, neuro-glial-vascular biology using 2photon, calcium/voltage imaging, gene editing,transcriptome/proteome, 3D EM, translational neurosci/chemistry. Email me if interested. Forward to those interested pls

A really 🔥 topic ! "The pathobiology of neurovascular aging" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... #cerebrovascular

🧠 How COVID-19 impacts the brain Researchers found that blood clots linked to COVID-19 can cause inflammation and brain damage. A new antibody treatment targeting these clots could help reduce long-term effects seen in long COVID. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #COVID19 🧪

Interested in using functional genomics to understand the brain in health and disease? Check out our Gordon research conference below! Slots for posters and short talks are still available! Deadline March 9th www.grc.org/functional-g...

Nice review highlighting the associations between neuropsychiatric conditions and #cerebrovascular deficits doi.org/10.1111/eci.... #BloodBrainBarrier #Psychiatry

Thank you ASPET for a new Video highlighting our research at the Akassoglou Lab recently recognized by the Pharmacia-ASPET Award! www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOs1...

Insightful article on biomarkers & new therapies in cancer & neurological diseases. It was a pleasure discussing fibrin as a therapeutic target & biomarker. Biomarker Discovery: Revolutionizing Disease Management | Technology Networks www.technologynetworks.com/diagnostics/...

Excited to chair the #Neuroimmunology Session @ascbiology.bsky.social EMBO #CellBio2024 Meeting. Join us if you are in San Diego! plan.core-apps.com/ascbembo2024...

Excellent interview by Mark Petersen @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social on his research on brain bleeds in preterm babies “These interventions could change the course of their life. Basic science is what drives new discoveries, so I wanted to be a part of that” #ProudofAlumni tinyurl.com/589mbrd3

🎉A bit late to the party, but happy to be joining this community! 💫The Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease PIA has put together a webinar on cerebrovascular pathology in DS and AD. Please join us on Zoom on Friday 13th, 10:30 am PST, 12:30 CT USA. ✏️Register here: alz-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nature Neuroscience is hiring a computational/systems/cognitive editor! Come join our team! Happy to answer any questions. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

NEW STUDY, led by Mount Sinai's Dr. Fanny Elahi @fanny-elahi.bsky.social, reveals sex differences in human vascular aging linked to brain degeneration & cognitive impairment👉IDs specific blood markers to predict cognitive decline & vary significantly btwn men & women www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

New paper led by Roberta Magliozzi at the University of Vienna we collaborated. We report #choroidplexus inflammation correlates with #fibrinogen in the CSF & subependymal periventricular areas with #microglia activation in progressive MS. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Interested in pursuing a PhD with Dr Ben Dickie, Dr Harry Pritchard, and me to explore the role of mural cells in Alzheimer’s disease? Feel free to apply or share this opportunity widely! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Excited for the CellSymposia "Neuro-immune Axis: Charting the Periphery" in New York City Sept 7-9, 2025, in partnership with the Allen Discovery Center for Neuroimmune Interactions! Keynotes: David Julius & @tcellogic.bsky.social. Check out the speaker list! www.cell-symposia.com/neuroimmunol...

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